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problem using cin inside DWORD Thread

sheckoo90 (1)
hello guys this is my first post
am trying to take input from console using cin from a thread
when i enter the characters and press enter the program crashes
i think it`s a dead lock but in io console or something like that

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DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc (LPVOID lpdwThreadParam );
DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc (LPVOID lpdwThreadParam )
{
	
	 
				cin >> statename;
		
				takingState=true;
		
	
				return 0;

			};



inside the main

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DWORD dwThreadId  =7;

				printf("inside the tread  \n");

				hThread= CreateThread(NULL, //Choose default security  
	 0, //Default stack size
(LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)&ThreadProc,
//Routine to execute
(LPVOID) &i, //Thread parameter
0, //Immediately run the thread
&dwThreadId //Thread Id
) ;



Null (957)
Maybe you forgot to allocate statename? Also, I don't think it's a good idea to use cin inside a thread...
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